diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl
index e1f29a72a10ff68c972b439749535d251bfd311c..92bcbd085c7a826ec9a862f9fea7f016f5387548 100755
--- a/git-send-email.perl
+++ b/git-send-email.perl
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ sub maildomain {
 sub send_message {
 	my @recipients = unique_email_list(@to);
 	@cc = (grep { my $cc = extract_valid_address($_);
-		      not grep { $cc eq $_ } @recipients
+		      not grep { $cc eq $_ || $_ =~ /<\Q${cc}\E>$/ } @recipients
 		    }
 	       map { sanitize_address($_) }
 	       @cc);